Palazzolo: The kids know when you have low expectations. At first, he claimed he saved Carla from McCoy and the two had consensual sex. On August 23, 1992, a police officer who was on routine patrol found the body of Rose Fromer lying in the parking lot of the Country Connection night club 3137 Alta Mere. Report No: 84419922Victim: Marilyn Hartman, 29 years old She lived at the residence with a relative. He added the Walker family wanted to see justice served in Carla's death and that "prayers and forgiveness do not come with a Get Out of Jail Free card.". Report No: 72-A-1 The podcast is created by a team out of Fort Worth, Texas: Vincent Strange and Erica Lea. During this period of time, a Homicide Task Force had been established by the Fort Worth Police Department. Report No: 80416182Victim: Margaret Maxwell, 27 years old Fort Worth Star-Telegram App Subscriptions Start a Subscription Customer Service eEdition . The front passenger door of the van opened and Sylvia Hynes was apparently pushed out of the vehicle, and fell on to the pavement. Leah Wagner. On Christmas morning, 12/25/1980, Leon Scott Springfield went to the residence of his ex-wife to bring toys for the children. Using a new process, detectives said the company was able to develop, for the first time, in this case, a full DNA profile of a potential suspect. The officers found the body of a female lying near a curb at 1300 Kuroki. The trios research revealed that during the mid-1980s, six serial killers were operating in North Texas. Mary Sorola died as a result of a gunshot wound. On September 25, 1993, a friend went to the business and found Mary Glasscock deceased in the building. The process cost tens of thousands of dollars, and Wagner and Bennett coordinated funds for the testing themselves through donations from the producers of The DNA of Murder, who ran an episode about Carla on the Oxygen show. Eduardo Lopez was employed by Danals Food Store, which was located at 3900 Hemphill Street. ", Jim Walker added his family was praying for the suspect's family and said that what happened to his sister was not their fault. There was no social media, so news wasnt immediately distributed. Palazzolo was demoted, transferred, fired, reinstated, and then fired a second time, but that was not all the district did. Cold Cases - 1960 to 1969 Report No: 67-A-9 Victim: Mildred May Location: 1000 North Freeway On February 4, 1967, a motorcyclist riding along the Trinity River found the body of Mildred May lying on the side of the levee. Catherine had last been seen two days earlier at her residence on Park Ridge St. Here was a man who had lost his dream job and afterward could not land another job in education. During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, detectives with the Fort Worth Police Department said they believe the assault and murder were random and that Walker and McCurley didnt know each other. Report No: 91631068Victim: Richard Garcia, 17 year-old hispanic male PLEASE ask them to do a report on the Austin Yogurt Shop Murders. After being dropped off by her date, intending to visit a friend in southwest Fort Worth, she was last seen walking across the street to a Dairy Queen. McCurley told the same story to investigators in 2020, that he'd spoke with detectives in 1974 because of the gun he owned, that he said had been stolen and never recovered, and that his wife was out of town at the time visiting family. It was later determined that she had been strangled. Fort Worth man emerges as suspect in 36-year-old cold case. Neighbors heard angry voices and witnessed a man shut the door to her apartment and leave in her car. It's been a long time since Joe Palazzolo's hair was dark. She had been shot in the chest. On November 29, 1981, officers were dispatched to the residence at 3513 Stanley Avenue. In September 1984, 23-year-old Catherine Davis returned to her apartment in southwest Fort Worth around midnight. Fort Worth is just one stop for Adventures with Purpose, as they travel across the country to work 27 different cold cases, looking for 36 people in total. About this group We are a group of armchair detectives who like to discuss, research and investigate true crime here in Ft Worth, Possibly giving help to Law Enforcement in solving and support and closure to the friends and families of the 960 + cold cases here. While he said there were some dark times over the last four-and-a-half decades where he wondered if anyone would ever be caught, he said he was happy and relieved to learn of the arrest. The occupants of the Dodge Coronet car returned to the scene. Coat hangers with human blood were found inside her car, and blood was smudged on the door handle. The officers found the body of Jason Smith lying in the parking lot behind the Owens Sausage business. On September 27, 1986, Oscar Olvera was found deceased on the street at 1100 W. Northside Drive. Through poring over spreadsheets, searching old newspaper clippings, listening to TV news reports, and conducting good old-fashioned investigative journalism, still is in-depth and enthralling. Location: 3370 Whittier They observed the body of Eddie Sanchez lying next to a guard rail at 4300 Brentwood Stair Road. Her boyfriend, Rodney McCoy, told police the man pointed a gun at him and threatened to kill him before something hit him in the head, knocking him unconscious. There were no signs of forced entry; however, evidence of a struggle was apparent inside the residence. She resided about a block away. Private Only members can see who's in the group and what they post. Peaceful., Were glad and happy, and I feel happy for our community, he said. Report No: 95023794Victim: Richard Hutchinson, 32 years old NBC 5s Scott Gordon reports how it used to develop a full DNA profile of a potential suspect. The episode airs at 8 p.m. Central time. The three are all former journalists who changed career paths and are thrilled to be back in the industry, practicing their passion. Her 1959 Pontiac sedan was found at 4500 W. Freeway. Her 1985 Ford Mustang was missing. Nearly two months after Walker's disappearance and murder, McCurley was picked up and interviewed by detectives about the case. Copyright 2020 Fort Worth Weekly, All Rights Reserved. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Theyve offered Palazzolo money but never what he wants and is rightly owed his job back. Location: 3301 Bellaire Dr N She died as a result of blunt force trauma. We appreciate the story getting out because our work and our goal is better served the more listeners that we have., We need listeners to get involved, Karin added. Her co-workers reported that they had last seen her when she left the Matador Club on Camp Bowie the previous night. Location: 700 NE 28th St One of the complaints that really bothered him was the falsifying of attendance records. Before leaving the newspaper industry, Karin and Hughes were former reporters for the Dallas Morning News. An arrest has been made in a Fort Worth cold case that went unsolved for nearly half a century.. Police said 77-year-old Glen Samuel McCurley was in custody Tuesday in connection with the 1974 . As he recalled, Education was a natural fit for me. (Star-Telegram photo illustration/Family photos, Fort Worth Police Department) ON THE CASE - For its first two episodes, "Out of the Cold" focused on the 1973 murder of 14-year-old Donald Rodgers, who was shot in his neighbor's house while spending some time with his friend, Melvin Knox, who was 15. Of course, since we dont own insect drones to allow us to spy on other peoples conversations, well never know exactly how the formerly excited recruiter finally learned that Palazzolo is, as far as Fort Worth ISD is concerned, completely unwelcome. On January 5, 1985, Cindy Heller was found deceased in a ravine behind the TCU Physical Maintenance Plant. Location: 4700 Poppy Drive East It seems they tried to destroy his reputation. They lived together at the apartment. Fort Worth police Detectives Leah Wagner and Jeff Bennett also spoke with NBCs Dateline for the episode. They entered the residence and found the bodies of Frederick Cremean, and his wife, Karen Cremean. Homicide detectives said Tuesday they were thankful that after 46 years they were able to identify and arrest a suspect in the young woman's murder. Five months later, her body was found in a field not far from her car. The officers entered the residence and observed the bodies of John and Mary Mitchell inside the house. He also credits living on his small ranch with helping him keep his sanity. Upon his release, he moved back to Fort Worth. McCurley was interviewed by police in the 1974 investigation of Carlas murder. As she was leaving the store, she was shot and killed during an apparent robbery. He was in charge of the freshman class and freshman teachers, a great cadre of educators, in his view. Report No: 84211918Victim: Manuel Vargas Soto, 22 years old Since 2015, the department has had one investigator assigned to review . She was last seen purchasing gasoline at a convenience store a short distance from her fiances house. McCoy said he later woke up to find Walker was gone and blood coming from his head. Learn more about your ad choices. Location: 3137 Alta Mere A warrant for capital murder was then obtained and McCurley was taken into custody without incident. He cannot be brushed off as some crank or a disgruntled employee. In December 2015, Fort Worth police arrested 58-year-old Melvin Linn Knox for the Aug. 7, 1973, shooting and stabbing death of Donald Bryan Rodgers, who was 14 at the time. The indictment was handed up in Tarrant County in the killing of high school. 28, 2022. On February 24, 1986, patrol officers were dispatched to 1257 E. Magnolia Avenue, on a report that there was a deceased person at that location. On April 7, 1982, officers were dispatched to the Century Motel at 3434 E. Lancaster Avenue. Its not like we solved the case of the century, and we dont know that its been solved at all, but we were just following up and exploring further what had been kind of left behind.. . We believe throughout the course of our podcasts and our investigation that its very likely that one man committed at least seven of the murders, Gary said. If somebody is hunting young, attractive women in this area, odds are pretty good that they may have been involved in modeling in some way or another in the mid-1980s, Karin said. We looked at the patterns of this particular man and compare them to these crimes, but I dont want to say that we were the first person to say we think he committed these crimes. This story was originally published January 27, 2022, 2:15 PM. Nancy Bay worked at the Tempo Club. Get email updates from the Fort Worth Police Department. He had been shot in the back. The investigation revealed that Jackie Myers had met the suspect at an adult video store on the west side of Tarrant County. She had been strangled. Carlas body was found three days later in a culvert near Benbrook Lake. Location: 614 S Freeway Some winesses heard some gunshots. She had been strangled. Report No: 95468137Victim: Patricia Gail Jackson-Lee, 38 year-old black female On December 24, 1986, Jaime Trevizo and his friends were at a bar on North Main Street in Fort Worth. McCurley lived near the Walkers house his sons went to the same school Carla attended, and Jim Walker attended Western Hills High School at the same time one of McCurleys sons did. "It was a mixture of emotions. On January 23, 1985, Catherine Davis was found deceased in a field in the southern part of Tarrant County. We need their thoughts and their theories. It was later determined that she had been strangled. Fred, 29, and Karen, 27, rented a small white home on Mayfair and lived there for three years. Her father, who was inside the house, also was shot. Kaley Johnson is the Star-Telegrams Seeking Justice reporter. On February 17, 1980, Maria Sorola and her husband were working at Joe and Lupes Bar at 465 S. Main Street. Nobody paid attention to the fact that it didnt matter what race you were. It would have been interesting to have seen the districts reaction when that earnest recruiter found out she had practically offered a job to the man the district has been trying to destroy for years. The ones that are most closely linked were all in the southwest Fort Worth area, Karin said. Its a heart-wrenching moment to make a cold call to somebody when you dont know how theyre going to react, Karin said, hearing you asking them about a murder that happened 35 years ago the murdered being someone that they love. Here, Palazzolo paused and noted that over the past few years he had been trying to put all this out of his mind. Three years later, they decided to take that step and focus on cold case Fort Worth-based murders. Report No: 85035596Victim: Zita Rogers, 70 years-old white female In the four previous school districts where Id worked, I had never heard classroom teachers bringing up the petty inside politics of the school district with other teachers. Location: 4300 Brentwood Stair Rd The bodies of several females had been found in and around Fort Worth. Report No: 92088167Victim: Ginger Ross, 19 years old Her children were with her. On October 23, 1984, Cindy Heller left a dance studio and went to a restaurant. Police said Tuesday that McCurley is not Carla Walker was just 17 years old when she was abducted, held captive and eventually murdered. The investigation showed that Lester Cole worked at the Snack Bar, which was near where his body was found. He also explained his wife was out of town and that he was not working the night of Feb. 16 or at any time on Feb. 17. On July 7, 2020, investigators collected trash from a bin in front of McCurley's residence and items from that bin were sent for analysis. Palazzolo feels this new information makes it clear that he was blacklisted from education all this time because Fort Worth had mislabeled him as resigned, not to be rehired. Asked to respond to Palazzolos charges, district spokesperson Claudia Garibay said in an email that due to ongoing litigation we are unable to comment on this matter at this time.. Satisfyingly, he provides them in depth. Gloria Hefele was found deceased in Buck-Samson Park. Location: 3700 Craven She had been strangled. During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, detectives with the Fort Worth Police Department said they believe the assault and murder were random and that Walker and McCurley didn't know each other. Report No: 91528811Victim: Kevin Hood, 22 years old They had been working on this podcast since last July when they reached out to interview Brown in prison. Report No: 90635142Victim: Celestine Broadus, 27 year old black female The investigation revealed that she might have been strangled. Police said 77-year-old Glen Samuel McCurley was in custody Tuesday in connection with the 1974 murder of Carla Jan Walker, who was 17-years-old when she was abducted, held captive and sexually assaulted before being murdered and left in a ditch after a Valentine's Day dance. Hughes was around the same age of the victims and remembers living in Dallas during the murder spree. He asked her if he would be going back to work the next school year or the next semester? On October 6, 1985, officers were dispatched to 1600 Ballinger. Report No: 95062027Victim: Ruth Ann Kearns, 56 year-old white female Using public data to view his background, the team discovered that the man they believe to be the killer, Curtis Don Brown, was arrested on May 29, 1986. The investigation revealed that she had left the club and was supposed to go visit a friend. But overall, I feel peaceful.. In this new podcast, three journalists dig into seven cold cases and come up with one solution. It was proof to him that Johnson and other leaders were retaliating against him. Wagner and Bennett worked tirelessly on Carlas case and utilized forensic genealogy and new DNA extraction technology to zero in on McCurley as Carlas killer. The next morning, her 1984 Mercury Topaz car was found in the 300 block of Southeast Loop 820 in Fort Worth. The lab, Othram near Houston, uses advanced technology that can test tiny samples of DNA and come up with a full genetic profile of the suspect, said Othram's founder David Mittleman. Report No: 85006264Victim: Cindy Heller, 23 years old She stood by the elevators after the trial, clutching a gold-framed photo of Carla. On April 3 of that year, according to an affidavit, he told detectives his Ruger had been stolen six weeks before, around the same time of Carlas murder. The Walker family plans to help families impacted by cold cases raise funding to send evidence to be tested. Victim's family says they forgive the suspect and are praying for his family but expect justice to be delivered. Location: Rural area in south Tarrant County The team believed Brown went unnoticed in 1985 because of his race. The Fort Worth Police Department will be . On December 11, 1980, Margaret Maxwell was found deceased in a ravine that runs parallel to Spur 280, near downtown. Location: 3404 Park Ridge He lived alone in an area frequented by transient persons, and often invited them into his residence. Eduardo Lopez was then shot and killed. During the trial, McCurley initially pleaded not guilty to the murder. Three days later Walker's body was found dumped in a culvert near Benbrook Lake. He lived very close, within a mile to where these women were being taken from or where they were being dumped or where their car was found. He later died at the hospital. It was later determined that she had been strangled. Those in charge dont want bad publicity or the truth to come out. Report No: 99647372Victim: Stephanie Borjan, 25 year-old Hispanic female Report No: 86460840Victim: Oscar Olvera, 28 years old A fire was discovered in Catherines apartment after her vehicle was seen leaving her residence. She had been strangled. Report No: 94298004Victim: Eduardo Lopez, 18 years old She was found the next day in the driveway of the vacant residence at 3604 Lipscomb. They found Sylvia Hynes critically injured. Three journalists have teamed together to analyze the abduction and murder of seven young women in the mid-1980s. Ladye Gallaher was an elderly lady who lived alone at the Bellaire House Condominiums. Carla was 17 years old when Glen McCurley kidnapped, raped and strangled her in 1974. One detective is assigned to the Cold Case Unit and investigates "cold" unsolved homicide cases on a full time basis. Fort Worth homicide detectives hope a 45-year-old letter will help solve an equally old homicide. As he believes, he was nave. He was a whistleblower who was letting the district know of real wrongdoing. We want to note that African American serial killers are not rare, Karin said. It was later determined that he died as a result of trauma to the head. I remembered reading about his case in 2010, but when faced with more than a decade of information, I knew I had to look deeper. Sometimes it takes eyes and interests other than the law enforcement to make connections. His vehicle was later found at a service station near the intersection of John T. White Road and E. Loop 820. She died as a result of a gunshot wound. On January 2, 1984, two males who were hunting found her body in the 4800 block of Decatur Road in Fort Worth. When he entered the residence he found the victim deceased on the living room floor. Report No: 83379788Victim: Karen Creman (27 years old) & Frederick Creman (29 years old) Jail records showed McCurley was being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a charge of capital murder with bond set at $100,000. IE 11 is not supported. It was a nice place to live for a young couple looking for a starter home or a retiree looking to downsize. Police believe the two were neighborhood friends, and Rodgers was found dead in the Knox's family home. He died as a result of a gunshot wound. Location: 3345 St Louis Sandra Bush, 21, left her southeast Fort Worth home at 6:45 p.m. without telling her family where she was going. Location: 1815 E Lancaster Ave Police said Tuesday afternoon that the letter was not part of the development of McCurley as a suspect. Sort All Cases By: Company Area | Male | Female | County | Year | Last Name Results: 13 Record (s) Found. Report No: 85420666Victim: Rodney Rogers, 48 year-old white male On October 1, 1991, the body of Kevin Hood was found on the side of a road near Lake Arlington. He also told the courtroom in detail about the seconds that changed his life when Carla was kidnapped right in front of him. Gloria Hefele lived with her husband in Waco, Texas. Report No: 83254209Victim: Julie Fuller, 11 years old Location: 1029 E Powell Ave Jim Walker, the victim's brother, joined police at the news conference and thanked investigators with the Fort Worth Police Department for never forgetting about his sister. On March 12, 1982, Angela Jones was found deceased in a creek at 2100 E. Richmond Ave. Report No: 95660124 Victim: Jackie Myers, 32 years old Location: 6509 Plaza Parkway On December 9, 1995, Jackie Myers called 9-1-1 from his apartment at 6509 Plaza Parkway, and stated that he had been stabbed. News. Here she was, thrilled she might be able to reel in an overqualified candidate at the same time Fort Worth ISD was hemorrhaging teacher and administrator positions. Carla leaned against the passenger side door, her purse behind her head, and McCoy leaned over top of her. still brings a unique perspective to each podcast by personalizing the victims stories, looking not only at all the facts but also into the prolonged effects of these life-changing tragedies. An employee from a local company reported the following: an older model, blue-in-color van was traveling westbound at 1700 E. Lancaster Avenue. Mr. Hargroves was a volunteer for the Fort Worth Area Habitat for Humanity and served meals at a nearby soup kitchen for the homeless, known as Loaves and Fishes. In 2010, Palazzolos case angered many and not just those close to him. He grappled with finding just the right words to describe her, then shook his head and said, Especially in regards to my case, I question her ethics, character, and morals.. After the dance, Carla and McCoy parked in the Ridglea Bowl parking lot so she could use the bathroom. The suspects were in a white car with what were described as loud mufflers.. Her body was discovered months later in a field near her car. His gray Ford pick-up truck was parked nearby. The body of Trina Lane had been found floating in a creek at 3700 Cravens. Not only was the principal determined to hide the problems at Arlington Heights, but also Judy Needham, the school board member representing the Arlington Heights area, reportedly felt just as strongly that Palazzolo had damaged the school. There are a couple of others but, you know, at some point, we had to cut it off and say we can only really fully investigate this many cases and still make it understandable for our listeners., In 1985, Karin said, the Fort Worth Police Department opened a task force because there were so many murders and abductions happening of women that they needed a team of at least 35 investigators to focus on these cases.. On December 9, 1995, Jackie Myers called 9-1-1 from his apartment at 6509 Plaza Parkway, and stated that he had been stabbed. So, a group of amateur sleuths wants to put their heads together to help find new leads. On February 25, 1994, James McVey was found deceased in the parking lot of a warehouse at 6201 Dowdell. North Texas' Black high school football coaches are making history. . However, when detectives confronted him about the DNA evidence, he eventually confessed. If you dont expect them to go to class, [and] youre not going to do anything to make sure they go to class some of those kids dont have that in their lives.Photo by Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue.At that same time, because he was named Arlington Heights diversity representative, teachers had been coming to him with complaints, ranging from inappropriate conduct, assault by an administrator on staff, sexual harassment, attendance alteration, theft, embezzlement, and discrimination against minority students.. She died as a result of a gunshot wound. About ten minutes later, the witness heard some gunshots. They entered the apartment and found Kathryn fatally wounded. Monica Coleman lived alone at her residence. The podcast holds more interest than a mere retelling of each gruesome murder. On September 28, 1999, Stephanie Borjan went to her parents residence at 3345 St. Louis. Location: 1603 NE 28th On June 25, 1988, officers were dispatched to the Avignon Apartment complex at 6125 Bianca Circle. Bleeding and losing consciousness, McCoy saw the abductor start to pull Carla away. That December, 21-year-old Angela Ewert stopped at a convenience store after leaving her fiancs house in southwest Fort Worth around 11 p.m. She headed east, but several miles down the road, she pulled over with a flat tire, which appeared to have been stabbed. Four cases were concentrated not only in space, but they were concentrated between September and December of 84, all within a two-mile radius, Gary said. Police saw that there had been a struggle there and began searching for her. On March 30, 1985, patrol officers responded to the field at 2300 Cobb and found the body of Mary Taylor. When McCurley beat McCoy with his .22 Ruger, the guns magazine was dislodged and fell into the parking lot. They said there just wasn't enough evidence at the time to make a direct connection until now. Report No: 99237126Victim: John Mitchell (69 years old) & Mary Mitchell (65 years old) An arrest has been made in a Fort Worth cold case that went unsolved for nearly half a century. They entered the business and found Roslyn Ruben on the floor. He lived in the house that he and his siblings grew up in walking through the same front door McCoy pounded on the night Carla was taken. On April 14, 1999, officers responded to the residence at 2204 Hurley, on a report of a double-homicide. You are also in the ultimate diversity of the human experience. On August 6, 1994, Felicita Olguin was found deceased in her residence: 1125 May Street. Report No: 81032984Victim: Lester Cole, 72 year-old white male I have a strong sense of right and wrong. Despite learning Campiglia's identity in 1992, her case remained cold, the sheriff's office said. 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